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There was a short-lived KFC commercial claiming the letters stood for "Kitchen Fresh Chicken." The ad showed a bunch of people in an office and someone said "There's kitchen fresh chicken in the break room" (or something along those lines). One of the workers then says, "Sounds gourmet!"

Ummmm, no. Sounds like greasy fast-food chicken to me!

Here in Seattle we just throw them in the ground and they come up year after year (although I recall it took about a year before they produced). However, the first time I cooked one I saw that it was infested with earwigs -- YECH! Haven't been able to eat another one since (we just let them flower now; they're really pretty!)

I too have a jar of meringue powder (don't even remember what I was planning on making with it). Also, a jar of preserved lemons.

It's 7:30 a.m. I'm a cuppa black coffee.

I have read this and it's fabulous. I particularly found his discussion on the current USDA food pyramid to be fascinating. He talks about what a political process it was (that's why you won't see a distinction made between red meat and legumes in the protein category; wouldn't want to tick off the beef industry, you know!). He also sheds light on how difficult it is to study the effect of diet and nutrition -- you have to rely on people to do the things they say they're going to do!